Article
Article · Adele Sypesteyn Studio
Color Harmony Using the Mother Color
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free + paid
- Published
- 2022
Blog post is free; author also runs a paid academy
About this lesson
Adele Sypesteyn explains the 'mother color' method: mixing a single unifying hue into every color on the palette (or toning the canvas with it first) so all the mixtures in a painting share an underlying harmony, with a tip for premixing and storing mother-color batches.
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